German Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars Food

GERMAN CHOCOLATE-PECAN PIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake the pecans on a rimmed pan for about 10 minutes or until lightly toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through.
• Line a 13- x 9-inch cake pan with heavy-duty aluminum foil, allowing a couple of inches to extend over sides. Spray the foil lightly with cooking spray.
• Add flour, powdered sugar, and cocoa to the bowl of a food processor and pulse to mix. Add cold, cubed butter to the bowl and pulse another 5 to 6 times until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Pour the crumbs into the pan and press to form a crust on the bottom and 3/4 inch up sides of the pan.
• Bake crust for 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over crust. Once the chocolate begins to soften (about 5 minutes) gently and evenly spread with an offset spatula to cover the crust. Cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes.
• Whisk together brown sugar, corn syrup, and melted butter. Add eggs and mix until smooth. Stir in coconut and toasted pecans. Pour mixture over the chocolate crust.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden and set. Cool completely on a wire rack (1 hour). Refrigerate for 1 hour before removing from the pan.
• Using the aluminum foil, lift the bars out of the pan onto a cutting board. Use a sharp knife to cut into bars.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE PECAN PIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Arrange pecans in a single layer of a shallow baking pan. Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly toasted. Stir halfway through baking.
• Line the bottom and sides of a 9"x 13"x 2" baking pan with aluminum foil, leaving an overhang on two short sides. Grease foil.
• Whisk together the flour, confectioners' sugar, and cocoa. Add the cold butter, and combine with a pastry blender* until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Press the mixture into the bottom and about 3/4-inch up sides of prepared pan.**
• Bake the crust for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over crust. Allow to cool on a wire rack at least 30 minutes.
• Place the eggs in a large mixing bowl, and beat lightly. Add the brown sugar, corn syrup, and melted butter. Whisk together until smooth. Stir in the coconut and pecans. Pour evenly over the partially baked crust.
• Bake 28-34 minutes, or until the edges are golden and the filling has set. Cool completely on a wire rack. Then, refrigerate for an hour.
• Using foil overhang, lift the bars from the pan and place on a cutting board. Use a sharp knife to cut into bars.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE PECAN PIE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with heavy-duty foil, extending foil 2 to 3 inches over 2 opposite sides of pan. Spray foil with cooking spray.
• In food processor, place flour, powdered sugar, 3/4 cup butter and the cocoa. Cover; process with quick on-and-off pulses until consistency of coarse meal. Press in bottom and 3/4 inch up sides of pan.
• Bake 15 minutes. Remove from oven; sprinkle chocolate chips over crust. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack, about 30 minutes.
• In medium bowl, mix brown sugar, corn syrup, melted butter and the eggs with whisk until smooth. Stir in coconut and pecans. Spoon over crust. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden and set. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack, about 1 hour. Refrigerate 1 hour. Use foil to lift out of pan onto cutting board. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.

CHOCOLATE PECAN PIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 10x15-inch jelly roll pan.
• Stir flour, white sugar, and salt together in a large bowl. Cut in 2/3 cup margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
• While the crust is baking, prepare the filling by mixing corn syrup, brown sugar, eggs, margarine, vanilla extract, and salt together in a large bowl until smooth. Stir in pecans.
• Remove the crust from the oven and sprinkle with chocolate chips. Spread filling evenly over the chocolate chip covered crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until set, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into squares.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Whisk the corn syrup, eggs, sugar, butter, and vanilla together in a mixing bowl until light-colored and well blended. Stir in the pecans and coconut. Sprinkle the chocolate chips over the bottom of the prepared pie crust. Pour the corn syrup mixture over the chocolate chips.
• Bake in preheated oven until top is set, 55 to 60 minutes. Cool completely on a rack before serving, about 2 hours.

HAND HELD GERMAN CHOCOLATE PECAN PIES

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, corn syrup, melted butter, eggs and pecans.
• Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Remove from heat.
• Add chocolate, coconut, and vanilla, stirring until chocolate melts.
• On a lightly floured surface, unroll 1 piecrust. Cut into rounds, using a 4 1/2-inch cutter and rerolling dough as needed. Repeat procedure with remaining piecrusts.
• Preheat oven to 400*. Lightly grease two baking sheets; set aside.
• Place 1 piecrust round on a clean, flat surface. Lightly brush edges of crust with beaten egg yolk.
• Place 1 heaping tablespoon chocolate mixture in center of piecrust round.
• Fold dough over filling, crimping edges with a fork to seal.
• Repeat with remaining piecrust rounds and chocolate mixture.
• Place pies on prepared baking sheets.
• Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until lightly browned.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl mix together the sugar, cocoa, and salt.
• Beat in the evaporated milk, eggs, melted butter and vanilla until well incorporated.
• Stir in the coconut and pecans.
• Pour into the unbaked pie shells and bake for 1 hour, up to 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven and cool on wire racks for 1 hour.
• Place pies in the fridge and chill well.